Lessons in a shoe box – a simple tool for extending the G&T student Have you ever had seen gifted and talented students finish their work quickly with ease? Then, for their extension task given more of the same questions or problems to solve? In which case, this presentation aims to give practical ideas which can be used to extend the learning of gifted and talented students, or provide an incentive for students making rapid progress to try something different. Not ‘thinking outside the box’, but instead ‘thinking inside the box’!

The ‘why?’ And the ‘how?’ Why? At SPH our SEND team carried out research and asked G&T pupils what engaged them in lessons: Choice Creativity Present/teach ideas/findings to others Challenge Problem solving How? Laminated instructions for the task List of contents for each box Register for pupils completing each box Get you and your department to come up with 2 or 3 boxes each and share them between your teaching spaces/swop over termly

Ideas for other curriculum areas? Geography – map and compass which directions to navigate Art – two pictures/sculptures to compare and contrast English – a poem or passage of unusual text to analyse Maths – 3D puzzles, problem to solve, riddles etc History – a piece of evidence to a time in history Note: it could just be a QR code with a link to a video clip they could watch on their phones: